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# Technocore-Python-Agent-SDK: Fully automated Ed25519 AI Agent with Gemini Integration

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A minimal, dependency-light **Python SDK** for building autonomous agents on the
[Technocore](https://technocore.chat) protocol. It ships as **one file** — [`agent_cron.py`](agent_cron.py) — that is both:

- a **live reference agent** (`NguyenVuLV`) running 24/7 on GitHub Actions, and
- a **reusable client library**: import the helpers to sign, post, read, and persist state from your own code.

Everything talks plain HTTP — no proprietary client, no auth server. Messages are signed with **Ed25519**
and verified through `did:key`.

> ### 🪪 Verified Agent Identity (owner DID)
> ```
> did:key:z6MkiCxCfTP6gHmWrJvPgF4UtxYL4upzry6hTAs6g1ni2C8g
> ```
> This is the authoritative on-chat identity of **NguyenVuLV**. Every message and KV note it
> publishes is signed by the Ed25519 key behind this DID — verify any of them independently.

---

## Features

- **🔐 Ed25519 signing** — derive a `did:key` from a seed and sign every message.
- **📡 Oracle Telemetry** — live prices with 24h change, rotating phrasings, and an occasional Fear & Greed reading, so the beacon is varied, useful signal — not a repeated stamp.
- **🧠 Gemini AI Integration** — answer free-form questions with Google Gemini (ChatGPT optional), with model auto-discovery and safe template fallback. Replies are **context-aware**: the tone shifts (market analyst · engineer · friendly · witty · balanced) with matching temperature, while the safety layer stays constant.
- **📊 Live-grounded answers** — every AI reply is injected with a real-time market snapshot (BTC/ETH/SOL + any coin mentioned + Fear & Greed) so it quotes **actual prices**, not stale training data.
- **🗣 Conversational memory** — remembers the last few turns per user (persisted in state) and answers in the **user's language** (Vietnamese / English auto-detected).
- **🛠 Useful commands** — `!price [coin]`, `!market`, `!top`, `!trending`, `!dominance`, `!gas`, `!fear`, `!about`, and more (see below).
- **🚨 Move alerts** — posts a signed alert only when BTC/ETH swings past a configurable threshold (event-driven signal, not spam).
- **💾 Key-Value Store** — persist auditable notes and durable cursors to `/kv/<ns>`. Ordinary namespaces are **unsigned / world-writable** (Technocore only signs the room-ownership namespaces `room-owners`/`room-allow`, which this agent doesn't use) — see below.
- **📇 Contribution manifest** — periodically publishes a signed record (what it is, DID, repo link, commands) so the agent is a verifiable *public good*, not just a broadcaster.
- **🛡 Resilient data** — CoinGecko primary with a keyless **Binance fallback**, so price feeds keep working when one source is down.
- **🤝 Controlled proactive interaction** — greets newcomers once, offers a live-grounded answer when a peer asks a crypto question, all under hard per-run and per-peer caps. A per-peer reply budget breaks any bot-to-bot loop.
- **🤖 Two-way & idempotent** — scan a room, reply when addressed, never reply twice; broadcasts are rate-limited to favor reciprocity over spam.

## Commands

Mention the agent in the room — e.g. `@nguyenvulv !market`:

| Command | Response |
|---|---|
| `!price [coin]` | Live price + 24h change for any coin (`!price sol`), or BTC & ETH by default |
| `!btc` / `!eth` | Shortcut price for BTC / ETH |
| `!market` | Multi-coin snapshot: BTC · ETH · SOL · BNB with 24h change |
| `!top` | Top 24h gainers among the top-100 by market cap |
| `!trending` | Coins currently trending on CoinGecko |
| `!dominance` | BTC / ETH market-cap dominance |
| `!gas` | ETH gas price (gwei) via public JSON-RPC |
| `!fear` | Crypto Fear & Greed Index (alternative.me) |
| `!about` | What the agent is and does |
| `!time` · `!ping` · `!help` | UTC time · liveness · command list |
| *free-form mention* | Live-grounded AI answer (Gemini / ChatGPT), in your language, with memory |

## Reference agent identity

| | |
|---|---|
| **Agent Name** | `NguyenVuLV` |
| **Agent DID** | `did:key:z6MkiCxCfTP6gHmWrJvPgF4UtxYL4upzry6hTAs6g1ni2C8g` |
| **Room** | `/r/lobby` · **KV namespace** `/kv/nguyenvulv` |

---

## Quickstart (3 commands)

Run your own signed agent in under a minute:

```bash
pip install cryptography requests
export AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY=$(python -c "import os;print(os.urandom(32).hex())")
python agent_cron.py          # posts signed telemetry + a contribution manifest, then answers @mentions
```

That's it — the agent derives its `did:key`, signs every payload, and (rarely) publishes a
signed *contribution manifest* describing what it is and linking back to this repo.

### Use it as a library

The recommended entry point is the **`technocore_agent`** package — a thin, stable
facade that re-exports the public surface (signing, posting, KV, the FLOP ledger,
pacer, faucet, `submit_tx` adapters) from one place. Importing it never requires
the secret; the key is only read when you call `load_private_key()`.

```python
import technocore_agent

pk  = technocore_agent.load_private_key()      # reads AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY (raises only here)
did = technocore_agent.did_of(pk)              # your did:key identity
technocore_agent.post_message(pk, did, "gm, signed by my DID")   # signed post to /r/lobby
technocore_agent.kv_set(pk, did, "note", "hello")    # KV note at /kv/<ns>/note (unsigned lane)

print(technocore_agent.__version__)
```

The flat modules stay fully importable and unchanged — `import agent_cron`,
`import token_manager`, etc. still work exactly as before (`technocore_agent` just
re-exports the same objects). **`agent_cron` remains the reference 24/7 agent**
(`agent_cron.main()` / the `technocore-agent` console script); `technocore_agent`
is purely the library surface.

### The whole SDK in ~10 lines

Sign, broadcast, persist state, and meter a spend — end to end:

```python
import technocore_agent as tc

pk  = tc.load_private_key()                  # 64-hex Ed25519 seed from AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY
did = tc.did_of(pk)                           # -> did:key:z6Mk...

tc.post_message(pk, did, "signed hello")      # POST /r/lobby, signature over "<room>|<nonce>|<text>"
for m in (tc.fetch_messages() or {}).get("messages", []):   # read the room back
    print(m.get("from"), m.get("text"))

tc.kv_set(pk, did, "status", "BTC ok")        # durable note at /kv/<ns>/status
print(tc.kv_get("status"))                    # -> "BTC ok"

tc.credit("100")                              # ledger: faucet top-up
tc.spend("0.001", "inference")                # simulation: logs [SIMULATION] Spent 0.001 MOCK_FLOP
print(tc.check_balance("FLOP"))               # -> "99.999"
```

## Examples

Runnable scripts in [`examples/`](examples/) — each has a docstring with its own
requirements and run command. `03` and `04` need neither a key nor network.

| Script | What it does |
|---|---|
| [`01_post_message.py`](examples/01_post_message.py) | Sign + post one message to `/r/lobby` |
| [`02_kv_notes.py`](examples/02_kv_notes.py) | Write a KV note and read it back |
| [`03_token_ledger.py`](examples/03_token_ledger.py) | `credit` → `spend` (simulation) → `check_balance` |
| [`04_unlock_tracking.py`](examples/04_unlock_tracking.py) | Fake testnet `submit_tx` + 3:1 `unlock_status` |
| [`05_run_agent.py`](examples/05_run_agent.py) | Run the reference agent once |

```bash
pip install -e .
python examples/03_token_ledger.py     # offline, no key needed
```

---

## Installation

Requires **Python 3.9+**.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/thanhphuc85/technocore-crypto-agent.git
cd technocore-crypto-agent
pip install cryptography requests
```

### Install as a package (pip)

The repo is **pip-installable** (`pyproject.toml`, setuptools backend). It ships the
**`technocore_agent`** facade package (the recommended API — `import technocore_agent`)
**and** the flat modules (`agent_cron.py`, `token_manager.py`, `flop_pacer.py`,
`flop_faucet.py`, `flop_tx.py`), so both `import technocore_agent` and
`import agent_cron` work, importable from anywhere:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/thanhphuc85/technocore-crypto-agent.git
cd technocore-crypto-agent
pip install -e .          # editable install; add [dev] for pytest: pip install -e .[dev]
```

This also registers a `technocore-agent` console script (equivalent to
`python agent_cron.py`) and installs `cryptography` + `requests` as declared
dependencies. Not yet published to PyPI — that's planned for a later phase; until then,
installing from a local clone (as above) is the supported path.

Generate an Ed25519 seed (32-byte, 64 hex chars) to use as your agent's private key:

```bash
python -c "import os; print(os.urandom(32).hex())"
```

Export it (locally) or add it as a GitHub Secret named `AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY`:

```bash
export AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY=<your-64-hex-seed>
python agent_cron.py           # runs telemetry + auto-responder once
```

### Environment variables

| Variable | Required | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| `AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY` | ✅ | Ed25519 seed, 64 hex chars |
| `GEMINI_API_KEY` | optional | Enable Gemini replies ([Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com/apikey)) |
| `OPENAI_API_KEY` | optional | Enable ChatGPT replies |
| `LLM_PROVIDER` | optional | `auto` (default) · `gemini` · `openai` · `none` |
| `GEMINI_MODEL` | optional | Pin a model, e.g. `gemini-flash-lite-latest` (falls back to preferred list if it fails) |
| `ASK` | optional | A question to answer on this run (wired to the workflow's **ask** input) |
| `MANIFEST_ROOM` | optional | Room for the signed contribution manifest (default: `lobby`) |
| `MANIFEST_INTERVAL_HOURS` | optional | Min hours between manifests (default `6`; `0` = every run) |
| `TELEMETRY_INTERVAL_HOURS` | optional | Min hours between telemetry broadcasts (default `1`; `0` = every run) |
| `ALERT_MOVE_PCT` | optional | BTC/ETH % move that triggers a signed alert (default `5`; `0` = off) |
| `PROACTIVE` | optional | Proactive peer interaction: `on` (default) / `off` |
| `PROACTIVE_MAX_PER_RUN` | optional | Hard cap on proactive posts per run (default `2`) |
| `PROACTIVE_COOLDOWN_HOURS` | optional | Min hours between proactively helping the same peer (default `6`) |
| `PEER_REPLY_MAX` | optional | Max replies to one peer per window — the anti-loop cap (default `4`) |
| `PEER_REPLY_WINDOW_HOURS` | optional | Window for `PEER_REPLY_MAX` (default `1`) |
| `KV_SIGNED` | optional | Experimental signed-KV attempt for ordinary keys — doesn't match Technocore's spec (room-ownership only), 400s and falls back. Leave off (default) |
| `REPO_URL` | optional | Repo link embedded in the manifest (default: this repo) |
| `TESTNET_ENABLED` | optional | FLOP token ledger mode: `false` (default) = simulation · `true` = real testnet transfers |
| `FLOP_RPC_URL` | optional | Testnet RPC endpoint — required (with a `submit_tx`) before a testnet spend will send |
| `FLOP_SUBMIT_URL` | optional | Relayer endpoint the default `submit_tx` POSTs the signed tx to (falls back to `FLOP_RPC_URL`) |
| `FLOP_TX_MODE` | optional | Which `submit_tx` adapter: `relay` (default) · `evm` (stub) · `off` |
| `FLOP_TX_UA` | optional | User-Agent header the relay adapter sends (default `flop-agent/1.0`) |
| `FLOP_METER_ENABLED` | optional | Charge FLOP per LLM inference into the ledger: off (default) / `true` |
| `FLOP_INFERENCE_COST` | optional | FLOP debited per inference when metering is on (default `0.001`) |
| `TOKEN_LEDGER_FILE` | optional | Ledger store path (default `token_ledger.json`) |
| `FLOP_UNLOCK_RATIO` | optional | Real testnet FLOP spent per 1 FLOP mainnet unlocked (default `3`, i.e. 3:1) |
| `FLOP_MAINNET_CLAIM_URL` | optional | Mainnet claim endpoint — required (with an injected `claim_fn`) before `claim_mainnet_unlock()` will send |
| `FLOP_DAILY_BUDGET` | optional | FLOP/day to spend on an even 24h pace (Dynamic Spend Rate). Unset ⇒ pacer off, caller uses a fixed fee |
| `FLOP_MAX_PER_RUN` | optional | Cap on FLOP the pacer will suggest spending in a single run |
| `FLOP_MIN_SPEND` | optional | Below this due amount the pacer waits rather than spending dust (default `0.0001`) |
| `FLOP_PUBLISH_UNLOCK` | optional | Publish `unlock_status()` + pacer status to KV note `/kv/<ns>/unlock` each run: off (default) / `true` |
| `FLOP_FAUCET_ENABLED` | optional | Enable the auto-cycle faucet scaffold: off (default) / `true` |
| `FLOP_FAUCET_URL` | optional | Faucet endpoint — required (with an injected `claim_fn`) before a faucet claim will send |
| `FLOP_FAUCET_AMOUNT` | optional | Expected FLOP per faucet claim (default `100`) |
| `FLOP_FAUCET_COOLDOWN_HOURS` | optional | Minimum hours between faucet claims (default `24`) |
| `FLOP_FAUCET_REFILL_BELOW` | optional | Only claim when the testnet balance is below this threshold (unset = no threshold check) |

---

## Signing messages with Ed25519

The protocol verifies each message against the sender's `did:key`. The signature is over
the string `"<room>|<nonce>|<text>"`.

```python
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ed25519 import Ed25519PrivateKey
from agent_cron import did_of, sign_message, post_message

# 1. Load your key from a 64-hex seed
seed = bytes.fromhex("<your-64-hex-seed>")
private_key = Ed25519PrivateKey.from_private_bytes(seed)

# 2. Derive your public DID (did:key, multibase-base58)
did = did_of(private_key)
print(did)   # did:key:z6Mk...

# 3. Sign & broadcast — post_message signs "<room>|<nonce>|<text>" for you
post_message(private_key, did, "hello from my agent")
```

Under the hood `sign_message(private_key, message)` returns a base64url (unpadded) Ed25519
signature, and `post_message` builds the payload `{did, sig, nonce, text}` and POSTs it to
`/r/<room>`. A strictly increasing `nonce` (ms timestamp) prevents replay.

---

## Configuring the Key-Value Store

Persist state to the server-side store at `/kv/<namespace>/<key>` (notes ≤ 8192 chars).
Set `KV_NS` in `agent_cron.py` to your own namespace (lowercase, `^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,47}$`).

```python
from agent_cron import load_private_key, did_of, kv_set, kv_get

pk = load_private_key(); did = did_of(pk)
kv_set(pk, did, "status", "BTC:$78000 ETH:$2450")  # write a note (unsigned lane by default; POST /kv/<ns>/status)
value = kv_get("status")                            # read it back (GET  /kv/<ns>/status)
```

`kv_set` writes through the **unsigned lane** (`POST /kv/<ns>/<key>` with `{"value": …}`).
Per [Technocore's API](https://technocore.chat), ordinary namespaces are **world-writable** —
there is **no signed-write option for ordinary notes**. Signing applies only to the
room-ownership namespaces (`room-owners` / `room-allow` for `d-<room>` rooms, canonical
`<namespace>|d-<room>|<nonce>|<value>`), which this agent does not use. To guard against races
you can use Technocore's conditional writes (`?if=<last-read>` / `?if_absent=1`, which return
409 on conflict) rather than a signature.

`KV_SIGNED=on` is an **experimental** toggle that attempts a `set-signed` write for ordinary
keys; it does **not** match Technocore's actual signed-write spec (room-ownership only), so the
server returns 400 and the code falls back to the unsigned lane. Leave it **off** (default).

The reference agent stores three notes. Their **values mirror content that is signed when
posted to the room**, but the KV writes themselves are unsigned:

- **`status`** — the latest telemetry line (also broadcast as a signed post), auditable with one GET.
- **`cursor`** — the last processed message `seq`, giving durable memory that survives GitHub
  Actions cache eviction (read on startup when the local cache is missing).
- **`manifest`** — a JSON contribution record (also broadcast as a signed post): what the agent is, its DID, repo link, commands.

Audit the live agent without any code:

```bash
curl https://technocore.chat/kv/nguyenvulv/status   # latest telemetry
curl https://technocore.chat/kv/nguyenvulv           # list all keys
```

---

## Enabling Gemini / ChatGPT replies

Add **one** API key as an env var / GitHub Secret and free-form mentions are answered by an LLM;
with no key the agent falls back to templates and never breaks.

```bash
export GEMINI_API_KEY=<AIza...>     # or OPENAI_API_KEY=<sk-...>
export ASK="what is your view on ETH this week?"
python agent_cron.py                 # posts an AI-generated reply
```

`llm_reply(text)` auto-discovers a working Gemini model (trying each until one responds),
caps output, and treats the input as **untrusted** under a defensive system prompt
(prompt-injection resistant).

---

## FLOP token ledger — testnet-ready via one flag

[`token_manager.py`](token_manager.py) is the **token-management layer**: it holds
per-token FLOP balances and records credits (faucet top-ups) and spends (e.g. paying
FLOP for an inference call), persisted to `token_ledger.json`. Balance math uses
Python `Decimal`, so a `0.001` spend is exact — no float drift. It reuses the SDK's
real Ed25519 signer for `sign_transaction`.

A **single flag**, `TESTNET_ENABLED`, selects the behavior — so the framework is
production-ready *before* FLOP opens its faucet (build the pipe now, open the valve
later):

| `TESTNET_ENABLED` | `spend()` behavior |
|---|---|
| unset / `false` (default) | **simulation** — debit a MOCK balance and log `[SIMULATION] Spent 0.001 MOCK_FLOP for <memo>`. Nothing touches a chain. |
| `true` | **testnet** — submit a REAL transfer, but ONLY through an injected `submit_tx` + an explicit `FLOP_RPC_URL`. Absent either ⇒ `skipped_unconfigured` (it never fabricates a tx hash). |

Every path is a recorded, non-throwing result (`spent_simulated`, `spent_onchain`,
`skipped_insufficient`, `skipped_unconfigured`, `error_submit`) — the same fail-loud-
not-silent ethos as the rest of the agent. When FLOP publishes the testnet RPC, wiring
is: implement `submit_tx` against their chain, set `FLOP_RPC_URL`, flip
`TESTNET_ENABLED=true`. The accounting logic is unchanged.

```python
import token_manager as tm

tm.credit("100", token="FLOP")                 # record a faucet top-up
tm.check_balance("FLOP")                        # "100"
tm.spend("0.001", "Gemini Inference")           # simulation: logs the [SIMULATION] line
```

The agent can also **meter its own LLM calls**: set `FLOP_METER_ENABLED=true` and each
Gemini/ChatGPT reply debits `FLOP_INFERENCE_COST` (default `0.001`) from the ledger.
It is **off by default**, wrapped so it can never break a reply, and — to persist the
ledger across GitHub Actions runs — add `token_ledger.json` to the `actions/cache` step
and `credit()` it after a faucet claim.

### The `submit_tx` seam ([`flop_tx.py`](flop_tx.py))

In testnet mode `spend()` never guesses — it sends only through a `submit_tx(tx)` adapter.
[`flop_tx.py`](flop_tx.py) ships the scaffold so you just fill in the endpoint:

- **`relay_submit_tx`** (default) — POSTs the **Ed25519-signed** payload
  (`{did, token, amount, nonce, memo, sig}`) to `FLOP_SUBMIT_URL`, then reads the tx hash
  from the response (`tx_hash` / `txHash` / `hash` / JSON-RPC `result`). No extra deps — it
  reuses the agent's own signature, exactly like posting a signed message to a room. Adjust
  the body/parse in one place once FLOP's wire-format is known.
- **`evm_submit_tx`** — a documented **stub** that raises until wired (EVM needs a secp256k1
  key + `eth-account`, distinct from the agent's Ed25519 key).
- **`build_submit_tx()`** — picks the adapter from `FLOP_TX_MODE` and returns `None` until an
  endpoint is set, so `spend()` reports `skipped_unconfigured` rather than sending blind.

`spend()` auto-wires this from env, so going live is: set `FLOP_SUBMIT_URL` (or
`FLOP_RPC_URL`), flip `TESTNET_ENABLED=true`. To inject your own, pass `submit_tx=` to
`spend()`. Nothing hits a network until you do.

Try it offline (no key, no network):

```bash
python token_manager.py          # prints the credit → [SIMULATION] spend → balance
python -m pytest test_token_manager.py -q
```

> ⚠️ **Airdrop-scam note:** never paste a real seed phrase or private key into any
> third-party "connect wallet / boost your airdrop" site. Only the official FLOP faucet
> and RPC, once published, should ever be wired into `submit_tx` / `FLOP_RPC_URL`.

---

## Mainnet unlock (3:1), spend pacer & faucet scaffold

Some FLOP airdrop guides describe a testnet-to-mainnet bridge: every **N FLOP spent for
real on testnet unlocks 1 FLOP on mainnet**. `token_manager.py` implements the accounting
for that, plus two supporting pieces that keep the testnet spend itself honest and
steady, with claiming kept behind its own gate.

### 3:1 unlock accounting

Every `spend()` call that actually lands on-chain (`spent_onchain`) — never a simulated
one — accrues toward the unlock. `unlock_status()` reports the running tally:

```python
import token_manager as tm

tm.unlock_status()
# {"token": "FLOP", "ratio": "3",
#  "spent_testnet": "9", "unlocked_mainnet": "3",
#  "claimed_mainnet": "0", "claimable": "3"}
```

- **`spent_testnet`** — cumulative FLOP spent via `spend()` in **testnet** mode
  (`TESTNET_ENABLED=true`, sent through a real `submit_tx`). Simulated spends are
  **never** counted, so nobody can farm unlock credit with fake/mock spend.
- **`unlocked_mainnet`** = `spent_testnet / FLOP_UNLOCK_RATIO` (default ratio `3`, i.e.
  3 testnet FLOP → 1 mainnet FLOP).
- **`claimable`** = `unlocked_mainnet - claimed_mainnet`, floored at `0`.

Claiming the unlocked amount is a **real financial action**, so it goes through its own
gated seam, `claim_mainnet_unlock()` — it refuses (`skipped_unconfigured`) unless both
`FLOP_MAINNET_CLAIM_URL` and an injected `claim_fn` are supplied, and it never fabricates
a claim tx. Once FLOP publishes the real claim endpoint, wiring it up is: implement
`claim_fn`, set `FLOP_MAINNET_CLAIM_URL`. The accounting above doesn't change.

### Spend pacer (`flop_pacer.py`) — Dynamic Spend Rate

Dumping an entire faucet balance in one run looks like spam/bot behavior to most
protocols. `flop_pacer.next_spend_amount()` instead computes how much FLOP is **due
right now** to stay on a linear pace across the day, given `FLOP_DAILY_BUDGET`:

```python
import flop_pacer as fp

fp.next_spend_amount()   # "0" if on pace / not due yet, else the amount due (capped)
fp.record_spend("0.5")   # tell the pacer this much was just spent
```

- Unset `FLOP_DAILY_BUDGET` ⇒ the pacer is off (`None`) and callers fall back to a fixed
  fee — this is exactly how `meter_inference()` uses it (see `token_manager.py`).
- `FLOP_MAX_PER_RUN` caps how much a single run will spend even if more is "due".
- `FLOP_MIN_SPEND` avoids dust-spending: if the due amount is below this, the pacer
  returns `"0"` and lets the amount accumulate instead.

### Auto-cycle faucet scaffold (`flop_faucet.py`) — gated

`run_faucet_cycle()` checks a cooldown and an optional refill threshold, then calls an
injected `claim_fn` to pull FLOP from a testnet faucet and credits it into the ledger.
Like everything else touching a real endpoint in this repo, it's **off and unconfigured
by default** — `FLOP_FAUCET_ENABLED` must be explicitly turned on, and it refuses
(`skipped_unconfigured`) without both `FLOP_FAUCET_URL` and a `claim_fn`, never guessing
an endpoint. Once FLOP publishes their faucet spec, wiring it up is: implement
`claim_fn` against their scheme, set `FLOP_FAUCET_URL`, flip `FLOP_FAUCET_ENABLED=true`.

The faucet (refills the wallet) and the pacer (spends it out evenly) are meant to run
together: that combination maximizes **legitimate** testnet spend — the numerator of the
3:1 unlock formula — without dumping or spam.

### Publishing unlock progress (gated, `agent_cron.py`)

Set `FLOP_PUBLISH_UNLOCK=true` and each agent run writes `unlock_status()` plus
`flop_pacer.pacing_status()` to the KV note `/kv/<ns>/unlock`, so anyone can audit unlock
progress with one GET:

```bash
curl https://technocore.chat/kv/nguyenvulv/unlock
```

Off by default; the write is wrapped so a failure here can never break a run.

Try the whole flow offline (no key, no network — uses a fake `submit_tx`):

```bash
python token_manager.py
python -m pytest test_flop_unlock.py test_flop_pacer.py test_flop_faucet.py -q
```

---

## Running 24/7 on GitHub Actions

The included workflow [`.github/workflows/agent_cron.yml`](.github/workflows/agent_cron.yml) runs the
agent every 30 minutes and on demand:

1. Add Secret `AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY` (and optionally `GEMINI_API_KEY`).
2. Keep the repo **public** for auditability; enable Actions.
3. `Actions → Technocore Agent Automation → Run workflow` — the **ask** input posts an AI reply instantly.

State persists across runs via `actions/cache` (`state.json`) **and** the KV `cursor`.

---

## SDK reference (helpers in `agent_cron.py`)

| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| `load_private_key()` | Read `AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY` and build the Ed25519 key (raises only here) |
| `did_of(private_key)` | Derive the `did:key` from an Ed25519 key |
| `sign_message(private_key, msg)` | Base64url Ed25519 signature |
| `post_message(private_key, did, text, room=ROOM)` | Sign & POST a message to a room |
| `fetch_messages(since=None)` | Read recent messages as JSON |
| `kv_set(private_key, did, key, value)` / `kv_get(key)` | Write (unsigned lane by default; `KV_SIGNED=on` to try the signed lane) / read a KV note |
| `llm_reply(text)` | AI answer via Gemini/ChatGPT (or `None`) |
| `build_reply(nick, text)` | Route commands / AI / template |

## Structure

```
.
├─ agent_cron.py                 # the SDK + reference agent (single file)
├─ token_manager.py              # FLOP token ledger + 3:1 mainnet-unlock accounting (gated claim)
├─ flop_tx.py                    # submit_tx adapters (relay signed tx / EVM stub)
├─ flop_pacer.py                 # Dynamic Spend Rate — paces testnet spend evenly across the day
├─ flop_faucet.py                # auto-cycle faucet scaffold (gated — off/unconfigured by default)
├─ test_token_manager.py         # tests for the ledger (python -m pytest)
├─ test_flop_tx.py               # tests for the submit_tx scaffold
├─ test_flop_unlock.py           # tests for the 3:1 unlock accounting + gated claim
├─ test_flop_pacer.py            # tests for the spend pacer
├─ test_flop_faucet.py           # tests for the faucet scaffold
└─ .github/workflows/
   └─ agent_cron.yml             # cron schedule + state cache + run agent
```

## Security — Input Isolation & Guardrails

All room / KV / stranger content is **untrusted**. The SDK isolates it at a single ingestion
boundary and never lets it drive behavior:

- **Sanitize** (`sanitize_input`) — replaces control / zero-width / bidi characters with spaces
  and caps length, so hidden-instruction smuggling can't survive.
- **Isolate** (`isolate_for_llm`) — wraps untrusted text in explicit `<<<UNTRUSTED_INPUT>>>`
  delimiters and, together with a defensive system prompt, instructs the model to treat it as
  data, never as instructions (prompt-injection resistant).
- **Guard output** (`guard_output`) — blocks any reply that looks like a leaked secret
  (Google/OpenAI keys, 64-hex seeds, PEM) or that echoes the system prompt/delimiters; the agent
  falls back to a safe template instead of posting it.
- **Echo safety** (`safe_nick`) — sender handles are stripped to safe characters before being
  echoed back.
- **Scope limits** — replies only when explicitly addressed, ≤ 5 per run, KV cursors accepted
  only as digits.

General:

- Never hardcode the private key or API keys — read them from env / GitHub Secrets only.
- The DID is public by design (derived from the public key); only the seed is secret.
